Versailles Antique

Antique Neoclassical style glass and gilt bronze lantern French, late 19th Century Height 46cm, diameter 21cm This fine, antique lantern was made after an 18th Century model for the...

The scene was engraved by Joseph/William Skelton after a painting by the celebrated French marine artist Baron Théodore Gudin (1802–1880), for the Galerie Historique de Versailles. T...

Auguste Bigand born in Champlan on June 2 , 1803 and died at Versailles on January 3 , 1875 is a French painter.

A la fin de la Restauration, Rambouillet est retiré de la liste civile, et la majorité du mobilier composant le château est affecté au domaine de Versailles. Elles finissent vendues ...

Designer: MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 Versailles - 1799 Dresden) Trained as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain factory in Meissen in 1762: he created a large...

Originally produced under the patronage of the French Crown to adorn the state apartments of Versailles and the Louvre, Savonnerie carpets embodied Neoclassical order through symmetr...

For Versailles, the architect and ornamentalist Pierre Le Pautre (1652–1716) designed a series of grand console tables that were delivered in the 1680s.

It captures the extraordinary visual language of Versailles at the turn of the 18th century, when portraiture served not merely to record appearance, but to proclaim lineage, privile...

The original French title reads: “Combat naval en vue de Negapatam, le 6 juillet 1782” The engraving was made by Jean-Marie Chavanne after Théodore Dubois for the celebrated Galerie...

However, unlike some constitutional monarchs, he did have some influence in politics.   Born in Versailles, he was the brother of Louis XVI of France and in early life was known as t...

OA 5270), formerly belonging to Richard Mique (1728–1794), architect to Marie-Antoinette and responsible for the creation of the Hameau de la Reine at Versailles. The gilt-bronze mou...

Neuf de ces chaises sont conservées au Musée Marmottan, numéro d’inventaire 215 à 223, leg Paul Marmottan, d’autres à Versailles et au Mobilier National. François-Honoré-Georges Des...

The Estates General met at Versailles in 1789, and the National Convention governed France from 1792 to 1795; the red, white and blue sash and plumes were the marks of revolutionary ...

Related examples are now recorded at Versailles in the Salle à manger des retours de chasse

France, Circa 1900 This large and supremely decorative lantern originates from designs by Jacques Caffiéri supplied in the 1740s to the royal palaces of Versailles and Fontainebleau...

Decorated with rare Gilt Versaille Bronze Style Woman Masks. Originally had candles lit, but now completely electrified.

Tableau de François Gérard, conservé au château de Versailles, Galerie des Batailles. Repris en gravure par Manceau et Toschi.

The Majesty of the Sun King An imposing vision of royal splendour, this portrait presents Louis XIV at the threshold of his full maturity, uniting the authority of a warrior king wit...

Louis XIV died in 1715, leaving the reins of power to Regent Philippe d’Orléans to ensure a smooth transition of government for his great-grandson, the future Louis XV. Tired of Vers...

Sèvres was also conveniently near the home of Madame de Pompadour and the King's own Palace at Versailles. From the outset, the king's clear aim was to produce Sèvres porcelain that...

The portrait, in particular, is based on a composition created by Pierre Mignard's workshop and now in Versailles (Musée national des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon), which dep...

Signed and dated lower left: “EMILE LEVY / 1882” oil on canvas, cm. 135×100 Numerous of his works are present in the most important private and public collections throughout France...

However, the successive redesigns of the gardens prevented the original arrangement from being carried out, and the sculptures were ultimately dispersed throughout various groves and...

He isa specialist in portraits and history painting, his works can be found at the Council of State, the Musée du Luxembourg, the Versailles History Museum (Gallery of Battles), and...

Portrait of a Lady as Venus, with Cupid brushing her hair Workshop of François de Troy (Toulouse 1645 – Paris 1730) Late 17th century French school, circa 1695 Oil on canvas , H. 89 ...

According to the death certificate of his aunt Marie Thérèse Charon, the artist attached to his surname the nickname that his paternal grandfather bore: l’émérillon. The Versaille...

Il marmo “Sarrancolin Versailles” è modanato sul contorno. Interni in legno di quercia.

Designer: MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 Versailles - 1799 Dresden) Trained as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain factory in Meissen in 1762: he created a large...

This table à écrire is inspired by the one executed by French royal ébéniste Jean-Henri Riesener in 1781 and presented to Marie Antoinette, which served as her personal writing desk ...

Whilst the deep red marble of the Versailles fireplace has been replaced here by the more temperate Fleur de Pêche marble, the ormolu mounts themselves are almost identical to the on...

Created exclusively to furnish the grand palaces of the French monarchy—most notably the Palais du Louvre and the Château de Versailles—Savonnerie carpets were conceived as monumenta...

Directly inspired by the manicured parterres, rational garden geometry, and wooden pavilions of Versailles and grand provincial châteaux, the lattice was employed by master weavers t...

A handwritten label on the reverse identifies the subject as “Madame Victoire de France (d’après Musée de Versailles).”

Le Poittevin (whose real name was Poidevin) spent his childhood in Versailles, where his father held the position of "Assistant Curator of the Crown Furnishings."

About Jules Girardet Jules Girardet (1856–1946) was born in Versailles into a prominent artistic family of Swiss origin.

In 1771, the young king visited the French court at Versailles and fell in love with the growing French Neoclassical and Louis XVI styles.

Large diagonal squares known as parquet de Versailles were introduced in 1684 as parquet de menuiserie to replace the marble flooring that required constant washing, which tended to ...

Claude Michel Hamon Duplessis (active in Versailles from 1791 to 1799) Signed one lower right, the other lower left “M. h.

It was elevated under Louis XIV to furnish the grand palaces of the Louvre and Versailles. Celebrated for their imperial wreaths, neoclassical architecture, and painterly floral garl...

This elegant portrait of a young countess evokes a world of luxury, ceremony and cultivated refinement associated with the court of Versailles. The magnificence of her dress is balan...

An antique pair of tall treillis obelisks in Versailles green topped by pointed finials, in good condition.

Embodies the grandeur and symbolism of Versailles-era design. 37.5” h. x 31” w. x 2” d.

Its reputation became so considerable that, in 1902, the firm received authorization from the Palais de Versailles to reproduce Marie-Antoinette's celebrated Grand cabinet à bijoux.

On the Design: Originally established in the 17th century under royal decree to furnish the palaces of the Louvre and Versailles, the French Savonnerie manufactory set the global be...

Gosse 1837,” now preserved at the Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon. Napoleon occupies the ceremonial center of the composition, advancing with his bicorne he...

Charles Edouard Edmond Delort (French, 1841-1895) oil on canvas "Game for the Cardinal", depicting a seated cardinal behind an ornate French Louis XV roll-top Bureau du Roi, after th...

Thus, we could see them in Reims, Saint-Quentin, Amiens, Versailles, etc. The Société des Amis des Arts de Reims admitted him into its ranks, as did the Archaeological Society of S...

Hubert Robert. Palace of Versailles. Grove of the Baths of Apollo. Hubert Robert. 1778-1781.

Marie Antoinette highly favored these high-quality pieces, commissioning items specifically for her famous rustic retreat, the Hameau de la Reine (The Queen's Hamlet) and her dairy a...

A well known over life-size sculpture of the Roman goddess named ‘The Diana of Versailles or Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt’, is currently located in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Between 1769 and 1771 he painted Narcissus turned into a Flower and Adonis turned into an Anemone by Venus for the Petit Trianon (a Neoclassical chateau in the grounds of the Palace ...

An exquisite expression of French aristocratic elegance, this portrait of the Marquise d’Espinay evokes the sumptuous world of the reign of Louis XIV: an age in which Versailles esta...

He was one of the few cabinet-makers to obtain authorisation from the Château de Versailles to make in 1902 a replica of Queen Marie-Antoinette’s great jewel cabinet.

The Frick Collection notes that Jean-François Denière supplied clocks and candelabra for French royal palaces, including Versailles and the Grand Trianon. His workshop became especia...

Savonnerie carpets were traditionally commissioned for royalty and aristocracy, often gracing the halls of French palaces such as Versailles. This fragment, though not complete, stil...

(circa 1891–1932) Style: French, Victorian, Sevres Revival, Chateau, Versailles, Louis XIV. Condition: Good antique condition with light wear consistent with age.

Provenance: Eric Pillon, Versailles, 25 March 1997, lot 193; Blains, 25 Bruton Place, London.

Gérard initially created it as an official portrait for Napoleon’s throne room at the Tuileries Palace; it now hangs at the Palace of Versailles. The engraver was Auguste Gaspard Lo...

An antique pair of coat of arms, hand painted in the Gris de Versailles technique on antique bulging outward Pinewood shields originating from a Tuscan estate, in good condition.

Aubusson carpets and tapestries were found in the palaces of Versailles and the grand hôtels of Paris, and their refined floral designs, muted yet luminous color palettes, and flatwe...